Blaze and Darkness

Blaze

Blaze noun - The steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible.
Usage example: temporarily blinded by the blaze of dozens of camera lights

Darkness is an antonym for blaze.

Nearby Words: blazing, blazed, blazer

Darkness

Darkness noun - A time or place of little or no light.
Usage example: the raiding party snuck up under cover of darkness

Blaze is an antonym for darkness.

Nearby Words: dark, darken, darkly, darkish

How words are described

old old blaze old darkness
full full blaze full darkness
true true blaze true darkness
simple simple blaze simple darkness
Other adjectives: real, bad, absolute, final, literal, encroaching.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Non-Standard Game Over: The "victory" screen after "In Utter Darkness" instead reads "Glorious End", given that the Protoss don't "win" so much as "go out in a blaze of glory".
  • Playing with Fire In the climactic fight with Jack, Darkness repeatedly fires fire out of his hands and weapons he's holding and causes fire to blaze up at a distance.
  • Literature / The Legend of Sun Knight Played straight when Sun uses chains of darkness to restrain a dragon from eating Blaze and Ice.
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